Application of machine learning will enable the health plan to proactively identify their potential case management candidates, design tailored care management support and adopt early intervention strategies to keep these members healthier

The findings, published last Thursday in the journal science, could help speed up current efforts to cure colorblindness. It could also lead to new treatment for diseases including macular degeneration, the major cause of vision loss.

A 2017 research article in Health Affairs found that fewer than three in 10 hospitals find, send, receive and integrate electronic patient information from outside providers. Fewer than two in 10 surveyed hospitals often used data from outside provides for patient care

New Jersey-based startup Humanity.co has partnered with IBM Watson to build an electronic ledger that gives consumers the cryptographic key to grant to their personal data, even allowing patients or others to control the specific purpose for which it's used, while also allowing them to eventually profit from it.

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Integrating the fast three-dimensional imaging technology could support an advance in microscopy that could help scientists better understand brain dynamics and discover new treatments for health problems such as dementia, stroke and epilepsy.

While several organizations are searching for ways to treat the disease caused by lack of dystrophin, the gene-altering tool tries to change the underlying cause. The CRISPR system was programmed by scientists to cut the dogs’ DNA at a precise spot on the dystrophin gene. The cells repaired the cut, enabling dystrophin production to be restored.

Artificial intelligence is being applied by a team of scientists from Takada and institute ConvergeHealth by Deloitte to a vast amount of patient data to test how treatment-resistant depression responds to medication.

DOJ Officials said the 32-year-old man hacked into both the Boston hospital and a counseling center's IT infrastructure. The attack disrupted the Children's Hospital network for two weeks and cost the hospital more than $300,000 and caused an additional estimated $300,000 loss in donations since the attack disabled the hospital’s fundraising portal

Researchers say they would be able to better predict interactions between microbes using computational tools by learning these rules instead of performing laborious and time-wasting laboratory experiments.

A research has shown that probiotics which contains a mixture of live, beneficial bacteria can be used to prevent some illnesses in premature babies. Further research is being carried out by scientists to determine if probiotics has more notable benefits to healthy babes and kids.

Women are highly depending on technology for birth control, but is it as reliable as contraceptives? In other news, a swallow-able sensor that detects diseases in the digestive system is invented and the future of artificial intelligence.

Despite the challenges faced by health globally which comprises lack of accessible and affordable healthcare, advent of chronic and untreatable diseases, antibiotic resistance, etc. there is hope as new technology is introduced to healthcare.

Commencement of early-stage clinical trial testing to determine the safety of two human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) which is designed to provide treatment to people infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The clinical experiments are to be completed by June 2019 as there is currently no specific treatment for MERS.